Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society and Western Clinical Neurophysiology Society Meeting

Please join us at The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah, for the annual meeting of the Southern Epilepsy & EEG Society on March 27- March 29, 2009. This year we will be joining up with the Western Clinical Neurophysiology Society for another outstanding scientific program featuring exceptional speakers, selected for their expertise in each respective area of research in neurology and epileptology.

Educational Symposia

The Annual Meeting will deliver two comprehensive Symposia on controversial issues in epilepsy. As in previous years, this meeting will offer a venue for learning and discussion. This meeting will cover a wide range of topics including one symposium devoted to co-morbidities of epilepsy. In this symposium speakers will present on mood disorders, psychosis, migraines, and their relationship to, incidence of, and influence on quality of life issues in epilepsy patients. The second symposium will address hospital quality and safety issues in relation to the epilepsy monitoring unit. In addition to both presentations and discussion sessions, we will also discuss the results of the EMU safety survey that were distributed to members of each society. The focus of this symposium is to address real concerns faced in epilepsy units around the United States and develop strategies to change the way clinicians practice in order to positively affect these issues. Expert faculty will present or debate each topic. The meeting program will begin at around 6:00 p.m. on Friday (March 27th) and conclude by 1:00 p.m. on Sunday (March 29th).

Epilepsy/EEG Fellows Program

The Annual Meeting this year will continue the successful fellows epilepsy program launched in 1996. It provides fellows from national epilepsy centers an opportunity to present clinically unusual or difficult cases to an audience of epileptologists. The fellows can experience a discussion or debate involving specialists from several centers. To date over 73 fellows have attended the Fellow Program of the SEEEG Society.

Meeting Exhibitors

For exhibitor information, contact Jennifer Howell at ursulink@uab.edu.

CME Information

The SEEEG Society was approved as a CME provider in 1999 and received re-accreditation for 4 years in 2006. A maximum of 10.0 hours in Category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award can be obtained by attending the Annual Meeting. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Lodging

We will be meeting at The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah on March 27th-29th. The room rate for The Canyons Grand Summit Hotel (where all meeting activities will be held) will be $169 + taxes for a Hotel King or 2 Queen Bedroom and will be available three days prior to and post meeting weekend based on room availability. You can upgrade to a Grand Summit one bedroom suite for $229 or Grand Summit two Bedroom suite for $269. Check-in is at 5:00 p.m. and check-out is at 11:00 a.m., but they will work with us on early check-in/late check-out based upon room availability. The phone number for the Canyons reservations department is 1-888-226-9667 and you will need to reference the Joint WCNS and SEEEG meeting and Group ID# 25i68u.

Meeting attendees are strongly urged to make their room reservations by February 16, 2009, since the room block is limited and dates outside of the meeting program are subject to room availability. General hotel contact information is:

4000 The Canyons Resort Dr.
Park City, Utah 84098
Phone: (435) 649-5400
Website: www.thecanyons.com

* Important notice *

The rooms at the Grand Summit at the rate of $169 have sold out for Thursday night (March 26th), but are available for the nights of Fri. March 27th and Sat. March 28th and 3 days post meeting. So, if you plan on arriving early to the meeting you may either upgrade to the $229 suite at the Grand Summit, or there are two other hotels approximately 25 yards from the Grand Summit that have a comparable rate, however all of the meeting activities will be held at The Grand Summit so you'd have to walk just a bit. The Grand Summit is a ski-in/ski-out hotel and the others are not. The Sundial Lodge is the newest of the alternate hotels. Links to each of the lodging facilities and a village map may be found at www.thecanyons.com/hotels.html.

Grand Summit Hotel Group Rates (Meeting Headquarters):

Grand Summit Hotel - $169 (rooms still available for March 27th- 29th and 3 days post meeting)

Grand Summit 1-Bedroom Suite - $229

Grand Summit 2-Bedroom - $269

Sundial Lodge Group Rates:

Sundial Hotel/Studio - $139

Sundial 1-Bedroom - $189

Sundial 2-Bedroom - $249

Silverado Lodge Group Rates:

Silverado Hotel - $149

Silverado 1-Bedroom Suite - $199

Silverado 2-Bedroom Suite - $259

Transportation and Parking

Most attendees will fly into Salt Lake City International airport and either take a shuttle or rent a car to make the 32 mile drive to Park City.

Underground parking for The Grand Summit Hotel is available at $16.00 per car/per evening for overnight guests and $8.00 per car for meeting attendees for up to an 8-hour period (not available for overnight parking). Underground parking for Sundial Lodge and Silverado Lodge guests is complimentary.

This program has been made possible by unrestricted grant support.